Thea, when you get to MN, look for a house with in-floor heat. It makes such a difference. I also wear wool socks all winter. If my feet are warm, I am warm. I also love fleece vests to keep my core warm.

Nancy, thank you for that suggestion, I will put it on the list for my DDIL to add to what i want in a house when we get ready to start looking at ones up there. That is a very good idea. I don't wear socks much - I put them on but find that at some point I pull them off and have bare feet again - always running around like that - must have been a difficult baby as I don't do this on purpose it just seems to happen so warm floor boards would be wonderful - I have heard of heated floors and had thought about that...teehee...

Been working hard on Sew Spooky all day... I am up to the black candy cane border... I have the bats ready to go - I sewed all of those pieces together last night and fused the stars in place - so once I do the blanket stitch around the stars those borders will be ready to add and then one more border after that and 1 of my 2 Sew Spooky's will be done... I have the 2nd one in pieces still - it is all blanket stitched... last night I realized I hadn't done the hand embroidery on either so got it done on the first - tonight while I am watching TV I'll do that on the 2nd one... it is easier to do it when it is just blocks - but after that the sections will go together quickly as they have with the first...

I guess since both didn't get done this year for Halloween - the grands have a present that will be ready for next year...teehee...

It is making me smile though - i put it up on the design wall as I finish each border piece - and it is as I said all done to the black candy cane border and it is making me smile...

After a short break - not sure how long it was but got some energy back - I got the bat borders and blanket stitched all the stars down - sewed the stars cornerstones on and sewed them onto the quilt top - one more border to go - a 2 1/2" black border with little stars in it - and the top for 1 sew spooky quilt is done...

I was trying to get that sewn on too - have the pieces all sewn together but ran out of energy again... so taking another break and should have it sewn on and done before dinner when I will take a photo so all can see - It really does put a smile on your face...

And Gov Christy has my heart and if I lived in NJ he would have my vote if he needed it - Halloween is going to be moved to Saturday in NJ - so I am going to tell myself I have 4 more days to get this quilt quilted...teehee...

Tomorrow I will hang it in the window - just the top - then take it down on Thursday and quilt it and have it done for Saturday... I have a goal!

The top to my Southwestern Grandma's Flower Garden is complete! I decided on a simple border to keep the focus in the center. The borders were stitched by machine but the rest was all by hand. Some day I'll figure out just how many hours it took! I'm going to try my hand at hand quilting as well. I'm doing a happy dance here!!

MNnancg, I will say that I got mine at a bargain price. I was working at Joanns at the time and they went on sale for 55 percent off and then I got my employee discount of another 20 percent off. So I really couldnt pass it up.

my baskets are together, yippee. i have some of the parts cut out for round 2 and most of the parts done for round 3. then just a itty bitty bit of applique. whew, i still think i can have it done this week.